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Ellen Langer, Ph.D.

The Strength of Mindfulness and the Power of Possibility

“If we could turn back the clock psychologically, could we also turn it back physically? For more than thirty years, award-winning social psychologist Ellen Langer has studied this provocative question, and now has a conclusive answer: opening our minds to what’s possible, instead of clinging to accepted notions about what’s not, can lead to better health at any age.” (Counter Clockwise)

Topics

  • How mindfulness can impact physical and emotional health
  • The Power of Possibility: Understanding the power of the mind over the body and vice versa.
  • Social Constructs of emotional and physical health
  • Understanding how current health labels and stereotypes influence us to become "mindless" rather than "mindful"
  • How to help your clients become "Health Learners" where they understand how to monitor their own health through mindfulness

Schedule

Friday, March 4, 2011
8:00 Registration
8:30 – 10:00 Mindlessness vs. Mindfulness (Overview)
Interpersonal Mindfulness
10:00 – 10:20 Break
10:20 – 12:00 Mindfulness and Health
How Mindfulness can change our emotional and physical health
12:00 – 1:30 Lunch
1:30 – 2:30 The Psychology of Possibility
Understanding the mind-body connection
2:30 – 2:50 Break
2:50 – 4:30 Becoming Health Learners
Lifelong Health and Well Being
4:30 – 4:45 Break
4:45 – 6:00 Question and Answer Period with Ellen Langer

 

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